[How to] Embed YouTube Videos in Joomla 2.5 and 3.0

Displaying YouTube videos is one of the most popular things you can do with your Joomla site. The YouTube Embedder plugin is the fastest and easiest way to do it. All you need to do is add the URL of the video into your articles. A completely free version of YouTube Embedder for Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3. Here's how it works ...

Installation

In your Joomla site, go to the Extension Manage and upload YouTube Embedder.

Go to Extension Manager > Plugin Manager and enable the plugin.

Inside the plugin you can set the default height and width for the videos

Usage

Go to YouTube.com and find the video you want to use.

Copy the URL of the video.

Paste the URL into an article, as below:

Publish the article.

It's really that easy!

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